PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 10 mi SW of Russell and between 0 Wos Balloon Russell and Salina, Kansas o Probably Balloon Locol. 2334 XI Grounci-Visuol 0 GroundRodor Wos Aircraft D Probollly Aircraft ls:~GM~Tfffir~6:!~====== .:CJ AhVial o Air-Intercept Radar D Po .. ibly Aircraft ~---------~---0 Was Astronofftlcallt1Te~R.. 0 Yes It Probably Astronolftical %J No Military and Civilian D Possibly Astrone,..icaf 7. LENGTH Ofi.OIS!RYATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other _ 0 Insufficient Date fer Evaluation D Unltnown o. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING large round, green bal Appeared in SW. Disappeared downward. ttlitnes heard explosion. 11. COMMENTs Witnesses were separa s aprox 70 NM and all saw the objt at the same time, which indicates objt must have been at very high altitude. Description and duration is character- istic of a meteor. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion. Some meteors ca ..~., bolides enter the earths atmosphere, al most reac h the earths surface and explo<le. r The explosion is so ,ntense that it can AnC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) be heard for miles. These types of meteelrs are fairly rare; and when they are seen CZCSQA20 4 2 CWYA2CS PP RJEDSQ ,--_,.-- DE RJWFKFS 1 ~ FM 793D ACW SQUADRON HUTCHit\SON TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLQ~A~O RJWFKF/33D ADIV RICHARDS SJAU1 AFB :1ISSOVRI RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICIAL INTJ::LLir;~t~C C.F.:r-:TZR TJJ~I~HT PATTEP.SOr,; A~B OHIO RJ EZHQ/HC USAF AFCIN ~AS{ DC RJ EZHQ/SECRETARY oF. THE AIR FORCE SAFIS ':JASH DC //UNCLAS//7 930P 15~-A-22 ATTN: SUB.JECT: t!FO GR t:" r. ~T 8 . HZAlr: ::XPLOSION PAGE TWO RJ~JFKFS 1 3 1. SIGHTSD VISUALLY 4. STRAIGHT 6. 15 SECONDS C 1. AIR-VISUAL AND GROUND-VISUAL E v T lJ ;:-F r: (RELIABLE) A/C. COI.,;:1ANDER ( FAP.llER) G. 1. CLEAR S!.:RFACE I 6.'-! PAGE THREE RJ~FKFS 1 7. 2 PER CENT 1,~20 FEET K. P0~1ELL CNMI> MOORE, CAPT. USAF, DlJTY DIRECTOR L. TAPE RECO~DING BY 7930 AC&'J SQUft.Dqor~, OPS CHARLIE CREf.J. 28/19322 JAN I?J WFKFS